Level 4 Research Projects



Basic requirements


  • Write a compare and contrast essay: Compare and contrast Gandhi and ___ (another person)
  • 750-1000 words (1 page has approximately 250-300 words)
  • In-text citations and final APA style referencing
  • 1 book; 5 reliable web sources; 2 scholarly articles (from Google Scholar)

Steps to writing a research essay


1. Put your research topic below (Due Tues, Sept 25)
  • Example: Compare and contrast Gandhi and Mother Teresa

2. Find reliable web sources (3%) (Due Wed, Sept 26)



1. Find 5 reliable web sources



2. Provide the references: Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Date of publication). Title of document. Retrieved from www.WebAddress.com





3. Explain why the sources are reliable based on the criteria -






Example:

MCCARTHY , M . (2006,March). Water crisis is now 'one of the greatest causes of mass suffering . Retrieved from http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/water-crisis-is-now-one-of-the-greatest-causes-of-mass-suffering-470857.html .





He is Michael McCarthy, the Independent's Environment Editor, is one of Britain’s leading writers on the environment and the natural world. He has three times been Environment Journalist of the Year (1991, 2003 and 2006) and in 2001 was Specialist Writer of the Year in the British Press Awards. In 2007 he was awarded the medal of the RSPB for "Oustanding Services to Conservation" – the first time in the medal's 100-year history that it has been given to a journalist – and in 2009 he was given the Marsh Award for Lepidoptera Conservation. In 2009 he published Say Goodbye To The Cuckoo (John Murray), a study of Britain's declining migrant birds.



3. Write your outline with in-text citations and references (Due Thurs, Sept 27)
  • List the similarities and the differences of the people you are comparing
Sample outline


Thesis : The causes of water crisis are overuse of water , pollution of water resources , and climate change .







1) Overuse of water

  • Aquifers depleted because so much water is used to irrigate land .(Barlow, 2006)
  • Use too much water in agriculture and personal uses .(Barlow, 2006)






Pollution of water resources:



1. Oil spills .(Lupica, 2011)
  • BP oil spill, Gulf Oil Spill

Climate change:
  • 1- global warming is affecting water and energy resources .
    2- E.X :Indian problem .
    Natural Resources Management and Environment Department (2002)




4. Write your draft and put your references in the following (Due Tues, Oct 2)



5. Make a PowerPoint presentation (Present on Tues, Oct 2 )